How common is the surname Thornburgh?

1,191 people in the United States had the surname Thornburgh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Thornburgh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thornburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Thornburgh?

Dick Thornburgh, American politician (1932-2020).

Where is the surname Thornburgh most common?

Wikidata records people named Thornburgh in the United States.

Is the surname Thornburgh getting more or less common?

More common. 1,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Thornburgh

A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex T651

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Thornburgh is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,191 people named Thornburgh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,131.

#21,830

rank among US surnames

1,191

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,526)

Who is named Thornburgh

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Thornburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Thornburghs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dick Thornburgh
American politician (1932-2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Thornburgh

Thornburgh has the Soundex code T651, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T651.

Questions

How common is the surname Thornburgh?: 1,191 people in the United States had the surname Thornburgh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Thornburgh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Thornburgh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Thornburgh?: Dick Thornburgh, American politician (1932-2020).
Where is the surname Thornburgh most common?: Wikidata records people named Thornburgh in the United States.
Is the surname Thornburgh getting more or less common?: More common. 1,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 5.3%.